{"product_id":"a-worldly-country-john-ashbery-9780061173844","title":"A Worldly Country: New Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrill of a Romance \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's different when you have hiccups. \u003cbr\u003eEverything is--so many glad hands competing \u003cbr\u003efor your attention, a scarf, a puff of soot, \u003cbr\u003eor just a blast of silence from a radio. \u003cbr\u003eWhat is it? That's for you to learn \u003cbr\u003eto your dismay when, at the end of a long queue \u003cbr\u003ein the cafeteria, tray in hand, they tell you the gate closed down \u003cbr\u003eafter the Second World War. Syracuse was declared capital \u003cbr\u003eof a nation in malaise, but the directorate \u003cbr\u003ehad other, hidden goals. To proclaim logic \u003cbr\u003ea casualty of truth was one. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone's solitude (and resulting promiscuity) \u003cbr\u003eperfumed the byways of villages we had thought civilized. \u003cbr\u003eI saw you waiting for a streetcar and pressed forward. \u003cbr\u003eAlas, you were only a child in armor. Now when ribald toasts \u003cbr\u003esail round a table too fair laid out, why the consequences \u003cbr\u003eare only dust, disease and old age. Pleasant memories \u003cbr\u003eare just that. So I channel whatever \u003cbr\u003einto my contingency, a vein of mercury \u003cbr\u003ethat keeps breaking out, higher up, more on time \u003cbr\u003eevery time. Dirndls spotted with obsolete flowers, \u003cbr\u003eworn in the city again, promote open discussion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Ashbery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0061173843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061173844\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.30w x 0.28d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/30\/2008 pg. 28","brand":"John Ashbery","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43912713928959,"sku":"9780061173844","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3b46dee2-b4ae-4753-b1c5-63193372f7e0.jpg?v=1680582548","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-worldly-country-john-ashbery-9780061173844","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}